John D. Rockefeller Quotes

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle...

Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there like air or food or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.